What IS Skinner's story anyway?

[Cadence]

What made him start DU? Does he have a background in computers? Is this a full time job?

Does he have a cat?

[BlondieK143]

1. He could tell you...

but then he'd have to kill you. :D

[yinkaafrica]

27. I hate that stupid remark

[Misunderestimator]

30. Whoa.... where'd that come from?

[BlondieK143]

31. Good grief!

It's just a saying. CALM. DOWN. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Skinner is God.... no beginning and no end.

:o

[Bouncy Ball]

3. He has a chihuahua named Romeo

that's about all I know.

[Cadence]

12. Nothin? You got

nothin!

[Worst Username Ever]

4. He has Romeo!

The wonder chihuahua.

[Cadence]

7. Ahhh! I love chihuahua's...

I want to get one someday. There always shivering and look so tiny. Makes me feel like I need to save them... or get them a sweater.

[Skittles]

8. Romeo is next to my beloved Clancy in the Gallery

:D

[Cadence]

13. Yeah well- your username makes me

have to go out and buy packages of skittles and eat them while I'm on here. What do you have to say for yourself missy?? :D

[Skittles]

28. have you tried those SOUR SKITTLES?

They are GODAWFUL but I am ADDICTED TO THEM. :O

[Spinzonner]

10. Those ears have a dog

[GOPisEvil]

5. Read this!

Or else Romeo will nibble your ankles!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/01/01/010127_7days.html

[Cadence]

9. Thanks!

That actually made me feel better. I've had hatemail and freepers attack my site as well. Last week I somehow made it onto a couple of well known conservative sites.. one of them was worldnewsdaily.com and let me tell you... it's not fun to get tons of hatemail.. but eventually you get kinda used to it. It made me feel better to read Skinner's first few days trying to get things going. I know exactly how that feels.

:hi:

[Bouncy Ball]

14. That was REALLY interesting. I always wondered how this

place started. I didn't find it until early 2003 and I read the articles forever, then just lurked on the forums forever and a day before diving in.

Can't do without it.

[Cooley Hurd]

29. Can you imagine EarlG fighting with the intern?

I heard it was really over the last loaf of Wonderbread...:D

[ProudToBeLiberal]

17. whos newshound?

I'm on day 2, but is the intern elad? o_O. I'm so confused

[LynzM]

21. that was cool to read

Thanks for posting the link :)

[GOPisEvil]

22. That should be required reading for all new DUers.

Just like history is a required class for high school graduation. :D

[LynzM]

23. I don't know about required

But knowing there's a 'Brief History of Early DU Days' available would be cool! Did you just happen to have that linked or whatever, or is it posted somewhere you might find, and I just never happened to see it?

[GOPisEvil]

24. Click on Articles.

Then there's a link to select the articles of Jan. 2001. That's where this one is.

[LynzM]

25. Oh, ok, cool

Easy enough, if you know it's there. And now I do, and can pass it on... yay for word-of-mouth!

[KittyWampus]

6. Skinner Sure Does Have Lots Of Patience.

[Cadence]

11. He really does. But one thing I've learned

is that after you have a certain amount of interaction with people flaming you, yelling or even just asking questions- the first few make your heart race and blood pressure go up. But after awhile there is a certain distance thing that happens and a relaxed- what is this person really upset about- thing takes over. You learn to let the flames bounce right off and to calm those that are upset... without taking things personally. I think he really has mastered that, that's why he's ideal for a site like this and it works so well.

[JimmyJazz]

15. Just in case you may not have heard....

I'm his favorite :7

[Cadence]

16. Hmmmm well then you should know A LOT

spill it little lady!!

[FuzzySlippers]

18. Your delusions of grandeur

are popping up again. Better up the meds.:P

[JimmyJazz]

20. It's a good thing I have you to bring me down to earth!

On edit: I am having no luck with google images today :P

[geniph]

19. He's a bot, everyone knows that

I'm suspicious of those pictures purportedly of him. He's way too young and cute.

And besides, I think he stole my dog.

[Misunderestimator]

32. Here's a semi nude photo of skinner... aka grovelbot:

(courtesy of matcom :))

[pres2032]

26. don't you know?

it's a knowledge you're already born with.

[DU GrovelBot]

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